Valley Emperor

Kang Changning was already fifty-three years old this year, and at this age he was considered relatively old in the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty.

In the early years, the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty was always very young. The senior generals at that time were generally only in their twenties and thirties, and few were over forty.

Although it has been said that after years of unification war and several years of peace after unification, the age of everyone has gradually increased, and the average age of senior generals has increased significantly.

However, this situation does not exist in the field troops. The average age of the generals in the field troops is still very young.

This is because with the passage of time, the middle and low-level officers in the unification war have gradually grown up. At this time, if the generals above have been occupying the positions of division commanders and army commanders and refused to give up their positions, let those young officers see If there is no hope, the rabbit will bite if you are in a hurry.

In addition, after the end of the Unification War, Li Xuan, the Holy Son of Heaven, was also a little worried that those senior generals would riot because of their merits, so he also adopted the method of ascending and descending secretly, and continued to transfer many senior generals in the field army back to Jinling City. It was to arrange for Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing and other generals of the 6th Army, and Li Xuan did not even limit the number of deputy envoys of the Privy Council.

Among the twelve active-duty generals in the 6th Army, except for General Lei Wan, who serves as the head of the war department and the minister on duty in the imperial study, the others are all serving as deputy envoys of the Privy Council. Of course, although they are only given false positions , but in order to supplement them, they are still very generous in the title, the duke and the marquis have given a lot, and even revealed in private that they will give overseas fiefs to the nobles in the future.

The combination of various circumstances means that although the senior generals of the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty are not counted, the senior commanders of the field troops are still young. The average age is only thirty-eight years old, the youngest is not even thirty years old, and the oldest is only in his forties.

The average age of those lieutenant generals is about forty years old.

A fifty-three-year-old major general of the 6th Army of the Field Army, like Kang Changning, is actually relatively few. He is eight years older than Deng Xide.

Kang Changning also knew that he could still serve in the field army to this day, and he was not transferred back to Jinling City like many others, or simply rushed to the provincial garrison headquarters, and his tone occupied a large part.

This Hetao battle can be regarded as his last chance in the field army. If he misses it, there will be no next time, because at that time, he was either forced to retire, or was transferred back to Jinling City, or rushed to the place. The garrison command, as for the real power department in the field army or the Privy Council, basically don't count on it.

It was precisely because he knew this that Kang Changning was so excited, and he was cautious in his excitement.

On the night of his appointment, he found Deng Xide and asked for tactical guidance from his immediate boss, who was eight years younger than him. If he really had this style, Xuanping would have been forced to retire from active service when he was eight years old, and he would still be there to this day.

For Kang Changning's attitude, Deng Xide is still relatively gratified. What he values ​​is Kang Changning's maturity and stability. At the same time, his qualifications are deep enough. When he served as his deputy for more than half a year, Kang Changning was like a big housekeeper. Many chores are handled in an orderly manner, and Deng Xide doesn't need to worry about a lot of messy things.

This time, Deng Xide didn't raise any harsh eyeballs on Kang Changning's deputy, but told him to relax his mind and correct his mentality. If he encounters danger, he should avoid it when he should, but he must be resolute and resolute when he seizes the opportunity. Strike the enemy.

Among them, how to judge in detail, this Deng Xide is naturally unable to say in detail, and can only rely on Kang Changning's own experience to judge.

Deng Xide believes that this old cavalryman who has been in the army for more than ten years, even if his military talent is not outstanding, he still has the experience and military literacy he should have. What a mess.

For Deng Xide's trust, Kang Changning felt more pressure.

Because Deng Xide let him judge the situation by himself, let him decide when to retreat, when to fight, and how to fight.

To put it bluntly, Deng Xide will only lead the infantry troops to the former site of Dongsheng, attract the enemy, and at the same time protect the logistics supply line, and all the things like fighting the enemy will be handed over to Kang Changning.

For this reason, Kang Changning also felt a lot of pressure. With this pressure, he left Datong City in early September. In the next two days, he gathered his own cavalry units one by one, followed by a secret march to the Great Wall. On the side, in the next step, he will lead fifteen thousand cavalry out of the Great Wall.

According to the predetermined battle plan, the cavalry regiment he led will enter the steppe first, in order to take advantage of the fast maneuvering of the cavalry to catch the Tartars by surprise and gain a first-mover advantage.

On the other hand, it is also to detect the specific situation of the Tatars, and at the same time to attract the attention of the Tatars, indirectly cover and follow the infantry.

The infantry in the rear had a more arduous task. They needed to kill all the way to the former site of Dongsheng City. This route was all flat, and they would be attacked by the cavalry of the Tartars at any time.

Therefore, when these infantrymen set out on the expedition, there were still more than 3,000 professional engineering troops drawn from various northern troops, and among the many people who were recruited to transport luggage, there were also some recruited craftsmen. These Craftsmen and ordinary people together will become the main labor force to assist the sappers to build the fort.

The 20,000-strong people had to build fortresses along the way, in addition to transporting their luggage, and they had to build a road to Dongsheng City, and finally put a big nail in Dongsheng City, which was enough to stab the Tatars to death.

But if you want to build a fort under the eye of the enemy, it is naturally not that difficult.

In order to speed up construction, the military even used a large amount of cement, and the various types of carriages that transport cement and other materials are all four-wheeled heavy-duty carriages. These four-wheeled heavy-duty carriages not only carry a large amount of goods, but also can Good resistance to the impact of the cavalry, the 6th Army began to use these four-wheeled heavy carriages on a large scale in the plains during the Unification War.

These four-wheeled carriages could be seen in the Northern Expedition and the Liaodong War, but it was the first time they were used on a large scale.

The infantry army in the rear was a large corps, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people and 20,000 people. If so many people were killed on the grasslands, it would be impossible for the Tartars to stop them.

Therefore, Kang Changning's task in the early stage was to interfere with the sight of the Tartars, confuse the enemy, and achieve the purpose of indirectly covering the actions of the infantry in the rear.

With their own cavalry regiments, those Tartars would not dare to attack their own infantry units easily.

And when the infantry units cover the sappers and build the defense line, then the strategic initiative in the Hetao area can directly return to the hands of the Datang 6th Army. At that time, relying on Dongsheng City, you can advance and retreat freely, and you can fight wherever you want. where.

Under the leadership of Kang Changning, the cavalry regiment officially left the Great Wall. More than 10,000 cavalrymen crossed the Great Wall and headed towards the grassland to kill. The Tatars on the opposite side were not blind, so they must have seen it the first time.

Immediately afterwards, many messengers rode fast horses on the grassland. They needed to inform the tribe of the news that the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty had entered the grassland!

Kang Changning also knew that as soon as he entered the grasslands, it would not take a few days for all the tribes in a radius of hundreds of miles to know.

However, most of the Tatars also have a similar communication system, and the grasslands lack everything, that is, there is no shortage of horses, and the terrain is plain, so the messenger can deliver messages faster.

However, a buffer of a few days is enough. Even if they know tomorrow that they will bring their troops to kill, what will they do? These nomads are usually scattered in various places to grazing. If they want to concentrate on fighting, it will take a lot of time. Not a day or two.

He estimates that he has at least half a month or so.

In the past half month, the enemy has not yet assembled on a large scale, and our own infantry can also be safe, and at the same time, he can also attack first, causing heavy damage to some Tatar tribes.

With such a judgment, after he entered the grassland, he was not too cautious, but went north quickly, forming a huge arrow and swept towards the hinterland of the grassland. He hoped to take advantage of this time to weaken the resistance of the Tartars as much as possible. Ability to prepare for the war in half a month.

However, Kang Changning obviously underestimated the ability of Altan Khan and the military mobilization ability of the Tatars under his command, and even underestimated the ability of the Tatars to spy on the Great Wall defense line.

In fact, before Kang Changning dispatched troops, Altan Khan on the grasslands had already received many warnings~www.wuxiaspot.com~ knew that the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty gathered in Datong Mansion!

As a precaution, Altan Khan sent messengers to each tribe a few days ago to recruit soldiers from each tribe.

Now the messengers who have recruited the troops of various tribes are running wildly on horseback, heading towards all parts of the grassland.

Not only the tribes in Tumochuan, but also nearby Hetao and other areas, will continue to receive the conscription from the contemporary grass overlord 'Altan Khan'!

As for Altan Khan's direct control of the direct tribe, that is, the Tumut tribe, he is even more careful!

When Altan Khan learned from the envoy who ran back all the way that the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty had really dispatched troops, the soldiers of the Tumet Department quickly got on their horses and set out to fight under the leadership of Altan Khan. !

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